Printing machine



July 15, 1930. F. .JOHNSON 1,770,487

PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 10, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet l N I N VEN TOR.

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July 15, 1930.

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F. JOHNSON 1,770,487

PRINTING MACHINE July 15, 193'0.

Filed Aug. 10, 1927 5 sheets-snaai 5 ft l@ NS l\ NQ E IN V EN TOR.

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July 15, 1930. F. JOHNSON. 1,770,487

PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. lO, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 f INVENTOR.

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vJuly 15, 1930. I F, JOHNSON 1,770,487

`PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 10, 1927 5 Sheets--Shee'f 5 INVENTOR BYMW L Lai 44 pl @bww A'TT'ORNEY cisiizes on suon ooeiation.

Patented July l5, 1939 Ferri JoHNsoN, or renown WISCONSIN,

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STEPHENSGN MJLLS, 0F SQTTIIEE BENE, NDANA, A CORPORATION 'PRINTING Meer-Hsin implication niet. erigirse 1o,

nection with various manufactures, products,

articles, or commodities. lt is merely for the salie of illustration and simplicity ini disclosure that the present application sets forth tne machine as applica-ble to the coupon ticlrets employed in keeping e record roi theL piece work involved in theinanuiacture of shirts. y

in the manuactrcey of shirts on e cominercial scale, there are a great many operetic-ns7 involved in the producationy oi each shirt, each individv al operation being perioin ed over and ov cyan operator who spe- L Thus, one operator does nothing but front making; an-v other is restricted to breast'plait Work; a. thirf to the button strip57 operation; a fourth to "sleeve inc ing; and so on through the nn 'iiiold operati ns; lDierent operations call` Yto; different degrees of skill end more or less difficult and so the-price paidior the piece Worlr varies with the particular operationk pei ormed. find the amount orF piece Work peric-rnied by each operator YariesA Fthese and. otherreasons the problem. ci keeping an exact 'record oi thepiece Wori perormedv by each of the many 0perators hasV been a serious vand ltroublesome one end a Widely followed to use coupon Such coupon tickets having s the related groups oit s the operations invoived baclzs3 slcees, etc.,y these i' a lot and. split y v v L Y v application suitable identifying and recerrliu` n 'cie- The stubs are detachable, Vfrom each d also c le coupon 19557. SeialrNo. 212,026.

the'. individual, operations and each coupon has a space bearing indicia identfyingit with its operation ano also has spaces adept.- od to receive lign es representing the price paid orthe operation, ihelnumber oi shi in the particular split for which the coupon is used and spaces: for receiving` the indi ia Which. identifies the', coupon with anindividual operator., The price` paidfordifferent Operations varies; as before. mentioned, also the number oishirtsin eachy splitvaries.

p The shop number and ordernumber, also vary butwith less frequency.V The applicationo vthese variable numerals to the multiplicity of -coupons and'stubs of the many coupon ytickets that must be. employed involves a greatdeel of clerical laborwhen done manually and yet heretofore*thisivorlrhas, for the mostv part, been so, performed, as machines proposedfor the Worlrhevebeen Yfound suitableV or unsatisfactory for, one reasonv or another. i y

The principal diiliculty inherent inthemachines hertofore proposedis the-lack orn range and also the laclrof capacity tor convenient variation in the numerals or other matter that. must be applied to, the coupons and stubs. This diliculty Will be appreciated When it is borne in `ifnlndthat asimany as fortyone op,- erations are involved in the imzrmiacture or" each shirt and that there is e. coupon for. each operation., loreover, the coupons bear varying iigures to represent; the diiiferent prices paid for the several operations and `must also bear varying figures to represent y the varying number oiishirts in esch split@ Tliesame difficulty to e lesser degree ismet in connection With the stubs which must hear varying numbers representing? the lot and split number and representing the shop order number. j Y n One object ofthe present invention is to provide a printing machine which is so constructed and organized as to have such an ample range ci selection that itis capableot printing any and all of thevarious numbers that must be printed and which simultaneousn ly prints .the selected numbers'onf'all ofthe coupons and on all the stubsof' the ticket.

" Another obj ect of the invention isto pro-v vide aprinting machine of this character in which the convenient and accurate selection ofdesired numbers Ais greatly facilitated.

A further object isto provide a printing machine having these advantages and capacities and which provides for a clean cut and uniform impression of the numbers on all of the lcoupons and stubs at each printing operaton. t Y Ae-still further object is to provide a printing machine which conveniently and quickly and easily applies the varying numbers or characters to all of the spaces of the coupons and stubs so as to minimize the manual clerical work that must be done in connection with thekeeping of the record of the piece work.

Anot er object resides in the provision of a. printing machine having these ad vantagcs and'capacities and which is of simple and durable construction, reliable, speedy and effective in operation, easily and quickly controlled, manipulated and adjusted, and ada ted to be manufactured at a comparative y slight expense from materials and by means'of facilities ordinarily available.

Other objects and advantages reside in certain novel features ofthe const-ruction. arrangementv and combination of parts which willbe hereinafter more fully described and particulariy pointed out in the appended claims.l reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a printing machine embodying the present invention g Figure 2 is a similar view looking towards the opposite side of the machine from that shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view looking toward the front of the machine and showing the inking ribbon and its frame elevated to expose the printing bed;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective `View similar to Figure 2, but with parts broken away to show the means for operatinghthe platen; y

'gute 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3, and showing one of the end plates of the frame and the shafts mpunted thereon;

Figure 6 is a view in section taken on line `6'-6 of Figure 5; y

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view through the. rintinggr bed and taken in the plane of line 7 of Figure 3; l

l Figure 8 is a fragmentary detail view showing how the printing Wheels of one shaft are `adjusted;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary detaii view fpartlylin section andpartly in elevation :owing the actuating and latching means fornire of the adjusting shafts shown in Firrures'7 and 8; A

'Figure 10` is a sectional view on line 10410 of Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a detail view in elevation of one of the printing Wheels;

Figure 12 is a fragmentary detail view in side elevation illustrating the feed mechanism for the inkin g ribbon;

Figure 13 is a view in section taken on line 13-13 of Figure 12;

Figure 14 is a detail sectional view of the pawl of the ribbon feed;

Figure 15 is a fragmentary detail sectional view showing thc swingable mounting of the ribbon frame;

Figure 16 is a fragmentary detail sectional view showing the tensioningr means for the inking ribbon;

Figure 17 is a plan vieny of one of the coupon tickets, and

Figure 18 is a view of the ribbon frame in central lonfritudinal section, the ribbon being shown 1n elevation for the sake of sim` plicity in illustration.

The` coupon ticket utilized in keeping a lecord of the piece work involved in the manufacture of shirts is shown in Figure 17. In this coupon the stubs are designated at S,

the detachable coupons atC. It is to be noted p that the stubs have spaces for receiving the lot numbers L and split numbers L and also has spaces for receiving the shop order numbers O. The coupons are impressed with wording and indicia I te identify them with the operation in connection with which they are used and are lined to provide spaces for receiving the figures F representing the price and the figures F representing thc number of shirts in the split.

As shown, the printing machine comprises a suitable base 1 supported on legs 2 which may be appropriately braced by means of cross members 3. Gn the base l the printing bed designated generally at l is provided and is preferably constructed as shown in Figures 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. As illustrated, the printing bed includes end frame ix'ienbers 5 suitably secured to the ba `l and intermediate frame members 6 also supported and secured to the base l. Fixed supporting shafts 7 are carried by these frame members and 6, the shafts 7 being iittedin openings provided therefor in the frame members and being suitably secured. These shafts 7 are horizontally disposed and extend in spaced, parallel relation to each other and novi'le the support for the printing members which` in the present instancer` consists of printing Whee'is or rings.

In the present instance, to adapt the printing machineto the coupon ticket with which it is to be used a gang or row 8 cf printing wheels-is arranged longitudinally alom!- the `forward supporting shaft 7 these printing Wheels 8 being segregated into forty-one groups and bearing characters on their peripheries to adapt them to print the prices to be paid for the various piece work operations. On the second shaft 7, thatis, the one nextadjacent the front ci the machine, a

` second gang or row 9 oi printing wheels is provided Yand also consists ot forty-one are adapted to printthe shoporder numbers.

As will be understood from Figure 7, each printing Wheel is angularly. adjustable on its fixed supporting: shaft to permit anyprint- Y ingjr character on the periphery of the Wheel to be selected and brought into printing posi tion.

The printing' Wheels 8 of the irst group Which print the 'price are independently and manually adjustable, each printingwheel 8 being rotatabiy mounted lon its shaft-'7 tor angularV adjustment but being relerasabiy locked in any adjustment spring projected pawl i2 mounted in a blind recess 13 ci the shaft 7 and cooperabie 'with internal recesses 14 termed in the pri wheel There is one such recess 1e 'for each printing character. 1gVi th this arrangement any printing Wheel 8 or any set or group thereoi' may be adiu-sted independenthf of any ot and this'is import. 't and'nec/essary 'as the price .paidforthe Various operations differ and consequently'e vrenen a singletiche y i ed Yon the' rditl'fi-erent coupons The printing Wheels@ of' t, print the number of shi` s 'u th .f these numbers are'the saine on i any one ticket and "vary W1 Thus, the numbers, after being? 1nri'nted coupons as n ay beV ved in making the shirts in any split and einain unchangednnt'l the record for f e is completedv Whereiu-on they are l' te present the numbv corresponc number of shirts the next split. ilioate the rather frequent adjustment Vet printfifrg-` Wheels 9 oi' t1 second group, printing' Wheels arerotata. on helil shaftY 7 Aand each printing Wheelha a gear Wheel 15 iixerto one side tr As indicated. the 'printingw ranged in pairs, with thc ad ir abuttinj" remote members ot -i L Wheels TWOA rotatable a Y 't i f i 117 are ret ed on the frame members 5 anfl 3 et the printing' bed andthese'adii" u shafts have lined theretogear Wheels V18 andi Vlatch 23. ,latch and facilitates release thereof. The opsery te provide a record ci' the operati-.ns in' lby the shaft 16 may beturned to bring' the desired printing` character of any one of the unit printing' Wheels 9 into printing posi-A tion. For the purpose of holding the selected printing characters in printing position a collar 21 is liXed to the shaft 16 andhas a peripheral notch 22 for cach printing` character,f the notches 22 being longitudinally alined With the printing; characters. A pivoted latch 23'is mounted on a bracket 24 fixed te the end frame member and is urged by a spring 25 to snapinto any one of the notches 22 broughtte a position beneath the A. handle 25 is integral with the posite end of the shaft 17 carries similar handle 20', a similar notched'wheel 21 and a similar latch 23". Numerals are. applied to the collars 21 and 21 adjacent their notches and indicate the characters that may be or have been selectet.

The printing wheels 10 in thethird group are designed to print the lot and split numbers and for this purpose each of the ten sets consists of four independentljr adjustable Wheels for printing' the lot numbers and one lWheel for printing the 'split numbers. All of the Wheelsfivhich print the split numbers are simultaneously adjusted, and ierthis purposeeach printing; Wheel which prints a split number has a gear Wheel ixed thereto. Gear Wheels 81 are fixed on an adjusting shaft 32 rotatably mounted on the trame oi' the printing bed and having,` an operating knob 33 whereby it may be turn-ed. The linob 33 is notchedas at 34 to cooperate with aA spring' pressed latch 35 1whereby the knob,

shaft and 1gear Wheels() and 31 and the Wheel the selected printing' character mainteinet` n printing position. rEhe Wheels 10 which printfthe let numbers are loosely mounted.

ontheir shaftand releasably held in edjusted position by means of a spring projector ball 39 Which coacts with internal re- I cesses in the printingl Wheel to maintain the selected printing character in printing'- posi- 'ion 'justfas' in the case vof the printing `Wheels 8.

.The fourth group or gang ci printing wheels consistsoi ten sets ofprintino' Wheels, each set consisting of iourprintinn' wheels 1,1.. All of the printing' ifi/'heels 11 are rotatably meunted their supportingshaft 7 and vare independently adjustable, each painting- Wheel, bein releasably heid in adjusted positionby vmeans of a-springpressed pawl 41,

enacting with internal recesses 42 in the printing wheel.

An inking ribbon or inking sheet 45 overlies the printing bed and is carried by a swingable ribbon frame 46 which may consist of side bars 47 maintained in spaced relation by cross rods 48. The side bars 47 are pivotally Y as illustrated in Figure 15. The roll or reel 53 has a reduced extension 53a at each end rotatably fitted in the bearing opening 54 provided therefor in the associated side bar 47 ofthe ribbon frame. The cross rods 48 also serve as fixed guides for the inking sheet or ribbon.

Tensioning means for the ribbon is organized with the roll 53 and may consist of a friction faced shoe or washer 55 suitably fit- Y ted on one of the reduced extensions 53 of the roll 53 and frictionally engaging the adjacent side bar 47 of the frame 46 under the influence of a compression coil spring 56 interposed between the washer 55 and a knob 57 fixed on the reduced extension 53a and having its ends operatively associated with the washer and with the knob.

The other roll 52 is intermittently driven `by suitable feed mechanism which is preferably automatic. This feed mechanism coinprises a ratchet wheel 58 fixed to one of the reduced extensions 52El and a pawl 59 cooperable with the ratchet wheel 58 and carried by one of the mounting truiinions 60 of the bar 61 of a guard designated generally at 62. This bar 6l has a trunnion 60 at cach end and these trunnions 60 are pivotally supported in the side bars 47 of the ribbon frame. The trunnion 60 which has the pawl 59 fixed thereto pro'ects laterally beyond its side bar of the rib on. The pawl 59 has a tooth 63 received iii the slotted Ahead ofthe pawl and pivoted thereto as at 64. The tooth 63 is projected by a springr 65 but is llimited in its pivotal movement by means of a stop pin 65 which is carried by the pawl and which extends through a slightly elongated slot wformed in the tooth. With this arrangement when the pawl 59vswings downwardly,

that is,in a clockwise direction as viewed in Figure 12, its tooth G3 coacts with the ratchet wheel 58 to advance the inking ribbon or sheet, that is, to wind the inking ribbon or l sheet on the roll 52 whereas when thc paWl 59 moves upwardly, that is, in a counter-v clockwise direction as viewed in Figure 12,

the spring 65 is compressed to permit the tooth 63 to play idly over the teeth of the ratchet wheel 58.

A weighted dog or detent 68 is pivotally mounted on one of the brackets 51 and normally engages the ratchet wheel to prevent retrograde movement of the roll 52. lVhen the ribbon or inking sheet is to be rewound on the roll 53 this dog or detent 68 must be manually disengaged from the ratchet wheel 58 while the knob 57 is turned.

The guard 62 has the usual guard fingers 62a suitably shaped to expose only the proper portions of the printing bed. A retractile coil spring 69 has one end connected as at 70 to one. of the bearing brackets 51 and has its opposite end connected to a bracket 72 fixed to the bar 61 of the guard whereby the spring 69 tends to normally elevate the guard 62 slightly above the print-ing bed. To provide for manual depression of the guard and manual actuation of the feed mechanism a pivoted finger piece 73 is mounted on one of the side bars 47 of the frame and is connected to the bracket 72 by a link or connection rod 74.

A platen designated generally at 75 is cooperatively disposed with respect to the printing bed and overlies the same as shown inl the drawings, the platen being carried by curved arms 76 which are fixed to a rock shaft 77 supported for oscillating or rocking movement in bearings 78 formed on the base. A crank arm 79 is fixed to' the rock shaft 77 and has its projecting portion slotted or bifurcated and `formed with registering holes 80, any alined pair of which may receive a crank pin 81 designed to coact with shoulders 82 or 83 formed on a pitman 84 which fits in the slot provided by the bifurcated arm of the crank and which is pivotally connected at its lower end to a treadle 85. The pitman 84 is biased to causefit-s shoulders to swing toward and engage the crank pin 81, this biasing being effected by a retractile coil spring 86 (see Fig. 4) which has one end anchored on the base ofthe machine as at 86B and which has its other end connected to the pitman 84 as indicated at 87. The treadle and consequently the pitman 84, the crank arm 79, the rock shaft 77, the arms 7 6, and the platen 75, are urged to a position wherein the platen is elevated and this action is Ybrought about by a pair of retractile coil springs 88 connected as at 89 to the treadle and carried by a cross head 90 formed in the lower end of' an adjustable mounting rod 91, the mounting rod `91, being suitably supported on the base of the machine. platen 75 and the parts which carry the same have considerable weight and it is this weight that is utilized to make the impression, the depression of the treadle merely relieving the platen of the supporting action of the springs 88 exerted through the pitman 84,

The

crank pin 81, rock shaft 77 and arms 76. By providing the two shoulders 82 and 83 to coact with the crank pin 8l, theplaten may be cooperatively disposed with respect to the printing bed (when its shoulder 83 is engaged with the pin 81) or may be swung upwardly therefrom to permit the ribbon tra ie to be raised to expose the printing bed (when its shoulder 82 .is engaged with the pin 8l). `When the platen 75 is elevated in this manner the handle portion 8s@ of the vpitman is grasped and the pitman is pushed rearwardly. The treadle 85 is held against upward movement and the platen isy grasped and pushed up until its shoulder 82 is positioned beneath the pin 8L whereupon the pitman, platen and treadle are released and the platen is held elevated in the position shown in Figure 3.

Upon elevation `of the ribbon carrying traine the entire printing bed is exposed and any adjustment that may be necessary are effected in an easy and convenient manner and under the ull view of the operator.

, `Vfherever a simultaneous adjustment of the printing wheels of any group is possible it isy had, `for, under such circumstances, the

wheels simultaneously adjusted are geared to Y a hand wheel operating knob or other operating element. Gn the other hand, wherever independent adjustment of the printing wheels oiy any group is necessary then the printingwheels are mounted for independent adjustment. Under all circumstances the printing wheels are releasably locked in position *ith the selected printing character located iA the printing plane, that is, in print-Y ing position.

fitter the selection has been made in the printing bed and the ribbon fra-me and pla-ten opei ively positioned as shown in Figures l and 2, the coupons are placed one at a time on the guard. Gauges 100 on the guard facilitate the proper positioning or' the coupons. The treadle is then depressed and the platen descends and iorces the portions of the coupon exposed through the guard against the printing bed whereby to make the impression. t is impossible for a careless operator to utilise too much force in making the impression l because no matter how hard the treadle is depressed only the weight exerted by the platen operates to make the impression. With each impression the guard swings up and down and advances the inking sheet or ibbon Vfith this operation forty-one spaces of the coupons have the selected prices impressed thereon, forty-one spaces ot the coupons have the numbers impressedA thereon which represent the number of shirts in the split; ten stubs have the lot and split numbers impressed thereon; and ten stubs have the shop order number impressed thereon. All oi these impressions are made in a single printing operation. There is ample range of selection to provide the printing characters that may be necessary to print the prices, numbers of shirts in the split, the lot and split numberand the shoporder number, and the selection'may be carried out with facility and with minimum opportunity for error. Vln making the selection a master coupon is laid on a table lOl provided at the forward end the rprinting trame and in such position the mast-er coupon lines up with the printing bed and comparison of the master coupon and printing bed is facilitated whereby to insure accurate selection. After selection this table lOl may be used for receiving the imprinted coupons. j l

OI" course, it is .to be understood that after selection is made it is necessary to print up coupontickets in such number as may be necessary to keep a record kof the piece work involved in the particular split. After the coupons are printedup the operators receive and retain their respective coupons whilek the stubs,'after being properly marked, are attached to a bundle of the articles in connection with which the piece work record is being kept.

rllhe invention claimed is:

l. A printing machine for use with coupon tickets and having a printing bed made up of groups et printing Amembers located in the same )rinting plane and adapted to simultaneously pri-nt all of the spaces of the coupon ticket, said printing members being ad-` justable to permit of selection of the desired printing characters, certain of said printing members being independently and individually adjustable vand having means for releasably securing the same in adjusted position, other oi"- the printing members having means for simultaneously usting the same and means for holding the printing members simultaneously adjusted in adjusted position.

2. A printing machine of the character describedhaving a printing bed made up of a plurality of groups of printing members located in the same printing plane, `the printing members of .each group being arranged longitudinally in a row, the `members of one group being parallel with respect to the members of every other group, means vfor mountin@` theprinti-ng members of certain groups orindependent adjustment and means for simultaneously adjusting the other printing members of the groups.

3. A printing machine of the character described having a printing bed, including a plurality of parallel rows oi printing wheels, iiized supporting shafts on which the printing wheels are rotatably mounted, certain of the shafts having means coacting with certain et the printing wheels for releasably maintaining such wheels in adjusted position, manually operable gearing connected with the other printing wheels for adjusting Ythe same and latching means for releasably maintaining the last mentioned wheels in adjusted position. Y

4. A printing machine of the character described having a printing bed including a fixed supporting shaft, printing wheels rotatably mounted thereon, spring projected Y detente carried by the shaft and cooperable with certain of Y the printing wheels, i and manually operable gearing controlling the adjustment of the other printing wheels.

5.Y A printing machine of the character described having a Yrinting bed including a fixed supporting sliaft, printing wheels r0- tatably mounted on said supporting shafts and arran d in pairs, a gear wheel fixed to rotate Ywit each printing wheel, two rotatably mounted adjusting shafts, gear wheels on one shaftmeshing with the gear wheels of one member of each pair of printing wheels, and gear wheels on the other adjusting shaft meshing with the gear wheels of the other printing members.

6. A printing machine of the character described having a printing bediincluding a frame, a row of printing wheels mounted thereon for angular adjustment, a single adjusting shaft geared to a plurality of the printing wheels for simultaneously adj ustng the same, an operating element on the shaft whereby it may be turned, and a single latching means cooperable with the shaft to maintain all of the printing wheels geared thereto in adjusted position.

7. A' printing machine of the character described having a printing bed including a row of printing wheels arranged in pairs with the adjacent faces of the members of each pair in face to face relation, gear wheels secured to the remote faces of the members ,Y

of each pair, two rotatable adjusting shafts, one on one side and one on the other of the row of printing iwheelsfgear wheels fixed to each adjusting shaft, the gear wheels of one Yadjustmg shaft meshing with the gear wheels secured torcorresponding members of the pairs of printing wheels, the gear wheels of the other shaft meshing with the gear wheels secured to the other members of the pairs of printing wheels, an individual operating element for turning each shaft and an indivldual latching means for each shaft.

In witness whereof, I hereto affix my signature. 5,

FRITZ JOHNSON. 

